One woman’s attempt to snap the perfect photo with her boyfriend took an unexpectedly funny turn, and TikTok can’t stop laughing.
Megan, who thought she’d captured a sweet countryside moment with her partner, only realised later that a small detail in the picture completely stole the show.
“Thought this was a cute picture…”
In her viral TikTok post, Megan shared what seemed like a perfectly normal couple photo.
The pair stood together outdoors, smiling in casual outfits; Megan in a black T-shirt and jeans, and her boyfriend in a blue top and joggers, his arm around her shoulder.
Over the first photo, she wrote: “Thinking this was a nice picture with my boyfriend.”
Everything looked perfectly normal, until she zoomed in.
The shadow that changed everything
In the next image, Megan revealed the detail that made her burst out laughing: her shadow.
Because of the way the sun was hitting her face, the outline on the ground gave her shadow a hilariously exaggerated pointy nose and chin, making her look like something straight out of a fairy tale.
“Who are you?” she joked in the caption, before adding: “Now I’m even more self-conscious about my side profile!”
TikTok users couldn’t stop laughing
The post quickly racked up millions of views and thousands of comments, as people flooded the replies with their own shadow-related fails.
One user wrote: “Girl, I know exactly how you feel, I look like the Wicked Witch!”
Another added: “New fear unlocked!”
A third joked: “Guess all our inner witches are showing in our shadows!”
Someone else commented: “NEW INSECURITY UNLOCKED, like we didn’t already have millions!”
Even Megan jumped in on the fun, replying: “GIRL I KNOW!!!!”
Others missed the joke entirely
Not everyone spotted the “problem” right away.
Some viewers thought she was pointing out something on her boyfriend’s T-shirt, which happened to have The White Lotus logo printed on it.
“I didn’t even notice!” one commenter admitted.
“I thought you were talking about his White Lotus shirt!”
Another joked: “Me looking up what’s wrong with The White Lotus until I read the comments.”
A third confessed: “Wait, what’s wrong with The White Lotus?! Then I saw it lol!”
A new TikTok classic
By the end of the video, it was clear that Megan’s sense of humour (and her shadow’s accidental resemblance to a cartoon villain) had made her a new TikTok favourite.
As one commenter summed it up perfectly: “That’s the Wicked 2 movie poster.”
To which Megan cheekily replied: “HAHAHAHAHA early release.”